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Issue No. 2 (April, 2002)
 
 
Human enteric virus nucleic acids have been found in commercial bottled mineral water, touted for its healthful values.  Environmental virus studies lag far behind similar studies in microbiology and parasitology.  We do not yet understand how widespread virus pollution has become. 
 
 
 
21st Century Robotics Issue (Premiere Issue) 
 

Robotics to the rescue!  Robotic, computer-based systems and automation in the 21st Century will have to plug the ever-increasing holes in a failing U.S. healthcare system.

Underground Bunker Busting Robots

Robots designed to stealthily move into caves, bunkers and other underground installations to take out an enemy could go a long way to solving the current problems in flushing out terrorist enclaves.